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In the rabbit adrenochrome rapidly disappears from the blood and is found in the liver and kidney where it isomerizes to trihydroxy-N-méthylindole; this fluorescent derivative of adrenochrome is excreted unmodified by the kidney.
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Fischer, P., de Landtsheer, L. Métabolisme de l'adrénochrome et du trihydroxyméthylindole chez le lapin. Experientia 6, 305–306 (1950). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02170909
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